2001 BUICK LESABRE Complaints

POWER TRAIN - TRANSMISSION. 3.8 LITER ENGINE, TRANSMISSION GEAR FAILURE AT 40,610 ACTUAL MILES ON THE ODOMETER, RESULTING $2,993.00 REPAIRS AT BUD AND RAY'S TRANSMISSION, 237 WEST LAKETON AVENUE, MUSKEGON, MI 49441. ENGINE NUMBER [XXX]. I NOTED THAT THERE ARE A FEW OTHER COMPLAINTS, ON THE RECALL WEB SITE, RELATING TO THE TRANSMISSION (POWER TRAIN). INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CONSUMER STATES WAS HIT FROM THE REAR BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT SEATS SHOOK BACK AND FORTH EXCESSIVELY CAUSING OCCUPANTS TO HIT HEADS ON ROOF OF VEHICLE. COLLISION WAS VERY MINOR AND SEATS SHOULD NOT HAVE MOVED. TS

THE HORN DOESN'T SOUND FOR ME AND DEALER SAYS IT CAN NOT BE ADJUSTED BECAUSE OF AIR BAG IN STEERING WHEEL. I HAVE ARTHRITIC HANDS AND CAN NOT PUSH THE HORN HARD ENOUGH OR IN THE CORRECT SPOT TO USE IT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. DEALER SAID THEY HAVE HAD OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN HIT AT 30MPH IN THE FRONT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

IN AN EMERGENCY IT IS VERY HARD TO LOCATED THE POSITION OF THE HORN. CONSUMER HAS HAD MANY CLOSE CALLS, WHERE SOMEONE WAS ABOUT TO BACK INTO HIM AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO SOUND THE HORN IN TIME. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE HORN IS OF POOR DESIGN. *NLM THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE HORN ALSO REQUIRES TOO MUCH PRESSURE TO SOUND. *SCC

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WILL AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF WITH OUT ANY NOTICE. CONTACTED DEALER. NLM

WHILE MAKING A SUDDEN STOP, CONSUMER NOTICED DRIVER'S SEAT MOVED FORWARD WHILE TURNING CORNERS. CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING NOISE, SEAT MOVING SIDE TO SIDE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS A HARSH DOWN SHIFT WHEN MERGING ON TO A FREEWAY OR GOIND UP A HILL. SHIFTS DOWN TO LOWER GEAR. THE SOLENOID WAS REPLACED AND THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE WAS UPDATED BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE HARSH ENGAGEMENT. ONCE IN A WHILE THE HARSH ENGAGEMENT HAPPENS WHEN GOING FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS FLUSHED DUE TO SEDIMENT. THE REAR BRAKES STILL MOAN AND ARE SQUEAKY AT LOW SPEEDS. THEY WERE HOSED OFF TO REMOVE THE EXCESS BRAKE DUST FORM THE ROTORS. THE BRAKES PULSATE WHEN BRAKING HARD ON FREEWAYS OR CITY STREETS. THE STEERING LABORS ENGINE WHEN TURNING A CORNER OR BACKING UP. THE POWER STEERING HYDRAULIC HOSES WERE REPLACED. *JG

CAR FAILED TO START AND UNABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. REVERSED KEY AND CAR STARTED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, CAR DID NOT START BUT WAS ABLE TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. REVERSED KEY AND CAR STARTED. I'M CONCERNED AS TO DEFECT IN IGNITION THAT MIGHT FAIL AT A FUTURE DATE.*AK

THE DRIVER'S SEAT WILL LURCH FORWARD WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND WILL LURCH BACKWARDS WHEN STOPPING OR APPLYING THE BRAKES. *AK THE LEFT FRONT SEAT MOVES FORWARD ON ACCELERATION, IS NOT INSULATED BETWEEN THE SEAT AND FLOOR/REMOVED LEFT SEAT INSULATED AND REINSTALLED. THE PIVOT POINT ON THE DRIVER'S IS LOOSE CAUSING THE SEAT TO MOVE FORWARD AND BACK. THE ADJUSTER ASSEMBLY, FRONT SEAT POWER SPLIT SEAT-REPLACED. *SCC

THE REAR ROTORS WERE HANGING UP, MAKE NOISE, PULSATE, AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATES. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT END VIBRATES, THE DOOR ASSEMBLY IS MISALIGNED, STICKS OUT, AND NOISY, THE TIRE WAS CHANGED BUT FAILED BALANCE AND THERES A VIBRATION, THE ENGINE STUMBLES/STALLS, THE INTERIOR CLOTH BY THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD IS LOOSE-3 TIMES, CAN HEAR A MOAN COMING FROM THE WINDSHIELD, THE ONSTAR ANTENNA FELL APART, THE TORSION ROD VIBRATES, THE STEERING SHUDDERS AT SLOW SPEEDS AND ON TURNS AND THE HOSE/BULLETIN # 99-02-32-007A, POWER STEERING, AND HYDRAULICS HAVE BEEN REPLACED-8 TIMES, THE A/C BLOWS HOT AIR/BULLETIN #990139-004A, AND THE VEHICLE POPS/BANGS WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS AND MAKING TURNS, THERES A RATTLE NOISE FROM UNDER VEHICLE/POSSIBLE EXHAUST OR AIR PUMP-CAUSE: INTERMEDIATE EXHAUST PIPE RATTLING (INTERNAL) FRONT EXHAUST MANIFOLD TO OXIDATION CATALYTIC CONVERTER-REPLACED, WHEEL ALIGNMENT (PULLS TO THE LEFT), THERE WAS A RATTLE NOISE FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PILLAR MOLDING/REMOVED THE A-PILLAR TRIM AND INSULATED/ALIGN/AGAINST UPPER DASH, AND GETTING POOR FUEL ECONOMY/IDLE AIR CONTROL-REPPACED. *SCC